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JOSEPH M. HCADLEY, CF BIRMINGHAM, CONNECTICUT.

Lettere Patent No. 76,916, elated April 21, 1868; antetlated April 8, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT CROCHET-NEEDLE.

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Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. HOADLEY, of Birmingham, in the county ot' New Haven, and State of Connectieut, have invented a new and improved Crochet-Needle, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this' specification.

This invention Consists in makinga holder for crochet-needles of the same wire as that from which the needles are produced, either as a continuation thereof, or distinct and separate therefromfwith the needle arranged to slide upon the same, and thus be brought into position for use, where, by the spring tothe tempered wire, it is held, whether drawn more or lessout of its holder. Y

In the accompanying plate of drawings, my improvement inorochet-needles is illustratedi Figure 1 being a. side View of the same and its holder, and

Figure 2 a section, taken in the plane ofthe line :u a', fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A, in the drawings, represents a crochet-needle, which, in general shape and form, is similar to the ordi. nary crochet-needles, but, in its manufacture, is made directly from tempered wire,V in lieu of wire not tempered, but tempered after the needle is made.

B, the holder for the needle, which is made from tempered wire. This needle slides upon the holder B, and, as it has a spring, it secures andlholds it in whatever position it may be set.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure'by Letters Patent, is-

1. The holder B, for crochet-needles, formed, with the needle A, from the same piece of tempered wire, as herein shown and described. A

2. The holder B, for-crochet-needles, formed of tempered wire, upon whioh the needle is arranged to slide and be held in position by the elasticity of said holder, as herein shown and described.

JOSEPH, M. HOADLEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. S. WEBSTER, JOHN S. PEssINGEu.- 

